Australia’s vanishing skills shortages
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The Department of Employment has released a bunch of new reports on skills shortages for the 2014-15 financial year.
The results significantly undermine the case for foreign worker visas, along with the weaker labour market protections under the Australia-China FTA.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.